IDA B. WELLS A CHICAGO STORIES Special Premiering Friday, May 21 at 8:00 pm on WTTW

There are few Chicago historical figures whose life and work speak to the current moment more than Ida B. Wells, the 19th century crusading investigative journalist, civil rights leader, and passionate suffragist. In the wake of her recent posthumous Pulitzer Prize citation, Chicago street naming, and the release of a revealing new biography by her great-granddaughter, WTTW brings you a new CHICAGO STORIES special that tells her story as never before.

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• May 13, 2021